Raul Alberto Lastiri

Raul Alberto Lastiri (11 September 1915-11 December 1978) was President of Argentina from 13 July to 11 October 1973, succeeding Hector Jose Campora and preceding Juan Peron. He was a Justicialist Party member.

Biography
Raul Alberto Lastiri was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 11 September 1915, and he became a member of the Chamber of Deputies and came to preside over the Justicialist Party's congressional representation in 1973. Following the resignation of President Hector Jose Campora amid a constitutional crisis, Lastiri became the interim President of Argentina, and he affiliated himself with the right-wing of the Peronist movement; he was a member of Propaganda Due. Anti-government violence increased during the last weeks of his presidency, and he left office on 11 October 1973, handing over power to Peron. He died in 1978.